First mate is not easy

Leviathan.

Leviathan, "The Book of Isaiah" describes Leviathan as a "curved snake", and the Ugarit epic records Leviathan as Litan (Litan), and describes it as a "coiled serpent", which is a natural A giant monster in the sea.

The "Leviathan", named after such a sea monster, is often compared with the famous ship "Xize" now owned by Lando's father, Captain Barceló. " is the ship that all navigators on the Babylon Sea yearn for today, and the "Leviathan" is even more famous.

The "Leviathan" was once famous on the Babylonian Sea, and was even called the "God-given ship" - it is said that the ship's fine structure and strong materials completely surpassed the shipbuilding technology at that time , is the fastest, most stable and multifunctional giant ship on the Babylon Sea.

Lando had always heard his dad brag that he had owned this "God-given ship" before the "Shitz"-and the story that was often told along with this ship was his What the captain's father likes to tell him most is the story that he lost his way in an abnormal storm and finally docked the ship on a dreamy, rich and cheerful island.

The island was Captain Barcelolo's lifelong dream.

The island was also the nightmare of Captain Barcelolo's life.

Lando still remembered that when he was a child, his father always lied to him, telling him that he hid the "Leviathan" in the deepest part of that island—a place that was safest and would never be found by bad guys.

When he was a child, Lando always listened to his father's words as bedside stories, and felt that his father's affectionate performance was very realistic, but he never thought that this story that he had always listened to as a fairy tale, but in The last moments of his dad's life are brought up again.

Following behind the crying spherical sailor, the black-haired young man returned to the pier with a bag of sea fish he bought with a blank expression. At this moment, the fleet docked at the pier had obviously finished unloading. A large group of people stood on the vacated deck in darkness, it seemed that everyone had temporarily left their jobs.

At this time, each sailor held a lit torch in his hand.It was very quiet on the pier, only the sound of the sea wind and waves could be heard.When the sailors standing on the deck saw Lando who walked up the deck silently facing the sea breeze, whoever in the crowd accidentally let out a sob, as if the water pipe had been unscrewed. Like a valve, the sound of wailing and wailing resounded throughout the pier exclusively for ships in the Balearic Islands.

Lando's forehead veins twitched.

Before he had time to speak, he saw an old quartermaster who had followed his father for many years pounced on him, grabbed his shoulders and shook him vigorously: "Master Lan—the old captain is gone!" —From now on, you will be our 'Captain Barcelolo'!"

"..."

"captain!!!!"

The black-haired young man didn't speak, but when the word "captain" entered his ears, it overlapped with the child's voice of "Captain Barcelolo" this afternoon, and the voice was extremely harsh in his ears. The side resounded and couldn't go away, almost becoming a demon.

Lando just felt as if his heart sank deep into the sea with the rolling waves at this moment——no joy, no disgust, and nothing in his mind.

He raised his head and looked around, only to see the torches in the hands of the sailors flickering as if to turn the night into day, the flame flickered, and the light reflected in the eyes of every sailor on the deck——At this moment, Lando felt himself It seems that I saw his father who was still young more than ten years ago. At that time, he was still a child. He and his captain father were lying on the big table in the captain's cabin together, guessing the map together. , what kind of new continent will be waiting for them to find in the corner that has not been painted yet.

[Take the Leviathan to find the New World, son. 】

This is what Captain Barcelolo likes to whisper in his son's ear.

Now, this sentence was once considered a joke by Lando, but it has become the old man's last wish.

Now Captain Barcelolo has passed away, leaving behind such a huge fleet and a series of unreliable last words... Thinking of this, Lando sighed deeply: The era of Captain Barcelolo is coming soon ?

..........................................

Well, how is it possible, wake up quickly.

The black-haired young man rubbed his temples with a headache: "Where is your boss Raymond?"

The quartermaster, who was crying bitterly a second ago, heard the first officer's name, and immediately straightened his back subconsciously: "The first officer is going to unload and finish the work. Someone has been sent to inform him, and he is probably on his way back now."

"Oh," the black-haired young man rubbed his belly, then raised his eyelids and glanced calmly at the sailors on the deck, "We'll talk about it when he comes back, what should he do now—oh, yes, there are people tonight Want to eat fish?"

As the black-haired young man spoke, he raised the tattered sack with a few fish in his hand.

……

News came from the deck that Lord Lando carried the bag of rotten fish into the cabin where the old captain's body was placed.

News came from the cabin, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground and shattering came from the cabin.

News came from the deck that Master Lando came out with the bag of rotten fish after staying there for 10 minutes.

News came from the deck that Master Lan's eyes were suspected to be red and swollen.

News came from the logistics department that Master Lan had captured the kitchen and cooked a whole fish feast.

News came from the deck that Master Lando had put the whole fish feast in Raymond's first mate's cabin.

News came from the pier that First Mate Raymond was back!

……………… First Mate Raymond is back! ! !

The sailors on the deck rushed to tell each other, put their poses one after another, and got ready to meet the first "fierce battle on deck" of the Barcelona fleet since the old captain passed away. And Raymond's first mate, the second on board.

Who is First Mate Raymond?The chief mate of the largest fleet in the Babylon Sea, and the youngest and most promising sailing expert.

Tall, mighty, handsome, and unrestrained, known as the heir of "the treasure walking on the sea of ​​Babylon, the brightest pearl in the history of navigation", the destination in the hearts of thousands of girls, the godson in the hearts of thousands of young women, the Royal Navy of Silton is doing its best Grab the coveted Babylon Sea top spot!Literary and military, he is very good at business and trade, and has repelled countless pirates. He is called "iron rooster" in black and white, referring to his highest code of conduct that only earns money in his pocket and does not spend it outside.

Who is Lando?The son of the captain of the largest fleet in the Babylon Sea, the youngest and most ineffective navigator of the second family.

He didn't have any of the advantages that First Mate Raymond had, and he didn't have any of the advantages that First Mate Raymond didn't have... Of course, he didn't have any of them.

As for Raymond's refusal to go out and set up his own company when he has both reputation and strength, Lando thinks: If you don't have anything to do, you can either rape or steal, a traitor!

First Officer Raymond sneered at this, and dismissed it with a contemptuous sentence: To measure the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain is boring!

that's all.

Whether they were on the boat or off the boat, they had never faced each other.

In the past, there was an old captain who served as a blending oil in the middle, but now the old captain is gone, and the two people are completely different from each other in terms of personality and code of conduct.

It is said that after Raymond had seen the body of the old captain and arranged all the remaining things properly, the first mate returned from the deck to the door of his cabin bedroom with steady steps, opened the door, and rolled his eyelids. He saw the black-haired young man sitting on his bed who happened to look up when he heard the sound of the door opening. Their eyes collided in the air, and they looked at each other——

then……

Raymond said: "My bed is for people to sleep on, and monkeys have no right to sit on it and defile it."

Lando said: "I'll sit, I'll sit, I'll sit, if you have the ability, you can take the bed apart and sleep on the floor!"

Raymond sneered, "Shameless."

Lando said contemptuously: "Despicable!"

The door was closed heavily with a bang, the first officer of the Barcelona fleet ignored the black-haired young man sitting by the bed, walked towards his bedroom, sniffed his nose as if he smelled something horrifying Unpleasant smell, that ice-like handsome face showed a trace of disgust, stretched out his long hand and pushed open the window of the cabin, he began to look for the source of that "disgusting smell"——

And behind him, the black-haired young man who occupied his bed lazily said, "My dad has a last word."

The man stopped searching, turned around, and silently looked at the black-haired young man sitting by the bed with his blue pupils, as if telling him to fart.

"They said they were looking for the Leviathan."

"I don't need him to tell me, I will look for it too."

"Tell me to take care of me."

"Not to mention doors, there are no windows."

The black-haired young man jumped up, stretched out his hand, and supported the man's tall nose in a gesture of wanting to stab the man in front of him with his fingers: "My father's bones are not cold yet!"

Without hesitation, the man slapped away the hand in front of him that was too pale due to insufficient sun exposure, and sneered: "Now I am in charge of the boat, I don't raise waste."

"mean!"

"Shameless."

"Who said I'm a waste!"

"Aren't you trash?"

"You are trash!"

"You know how to do deck work?"

"..."

"Can you read ocean current weather?"

"..."

"Do you know how to calculate the purchase?"

"..."

"Monkeys can also climb trees to pick coconuts, but unfortunately, I don't think you can clean the side of the boat." Raymond showed a mocking expression ruthlessly, "I'm not interested in raising a monkey that jumps around at every turn and vomits like morning sickness. An ugly monkey."

The chest of the black-haired young man called "Ugly Monkey" heaved violently, and with a murderous gaze, he turned around the man looking down at him with folded arms. There was a sudden pause when something happened, his eyes lit up, the corners of his lips curled up, and he raised his chin from behind the man: "But, I can cook!"

While talking, Lando pointed to the dining table behind the first mate's ass at this time - the man looked along the other's proudly raised chin, and saw the exquisitely decorated table on the table at a glance. Plates and other utensils of fish - fish - fish - all kinds of fish, steamed, boiled, grilled, cold, raw, marinated, a large table, fish.

fish.

Raymond looked at the table full of all kinds of fish.

With a twitching vein on his forehead, he found that he had found the source of the "disgusting smell".

He turned his head, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the black-haired young man in front of him: "Did you do it on purpose?"

Looking at the entire fleet, the black-haired young man calmly smiled as the only one who could stand in danger under the eyes of Chief Officer Raymond: "I specialize in it. I'm not talking about you, but there are many problems in the long-term voyage at sea. The smelly problem of eating fish, are you hypocritical or not—as the saying goes, a slut is hypocritical—hey, hey, what do you want to do? People who don’t cherish food will be punished by God—”

The black-haired young man hadn't finished speaking when he heard a loud "bang bang" and the follow-up accompaniment of "splashing". He froze for a moment and saw countless plates and a table of steamed, boiled, grilled, cold salad and raw marinated food. A large table of fish flew towards his face——

A salted fish landed on the bridge of his nose.

A little white pomfret's sexy tail slapped his face.

An unknown creature poked his dog's eye.

Not far away, the first mate Raymond, who overturned the table without hesitation, clapped his hands twice in relief, then frowned handsomely, and looked at everyone with a haughty and hated expression. The black-haired young man who was standing there in a daze with condiments and fish all over his body ordered: "Clean yourself up first, and then clean up this place. Remember to open the windows to dissipate the smell. I'm going to watch the deck tonight."

Lando: "..."

Calmly brushing away the forehead hair covered with soy sauce that was stuck on the eyes, and conveniently took a piece of seaweed hanging on the chin, turned around, and put the cold seaweed shreds on the right side. In the middle of Raymond's pillow, finally, in the dead silence of the room, the dark-haired young man turned around again, staring at the man with bright black eyes.

Raymond: "Unconvinced? Show this wild dog expression to who—"

Lando groaned, baring his white teeth like a wild dog and pounced on him.

The things on the small table that had survived the accident were knocked over. Raymond didn't expect that this guy was really brave and dared to come up to fight him. After being hit so firmly, he also staggered After a few strokes, he bumped into the display cabinet behind him, and heard the unpleasant sounds of various antique seafood bought at a lot of money inside. At the same time, the man only felt a sharp pain in his neck——

He took a breath, stretched out his big hand without hesitation, and pushed him away from the face of the black-haired young man who was lying on his shoulder happily biting. After waving it, the man hurriedly clasped his wrist and twisted it back behind him—a series of movements only happened within a few seconds, and Lando felt as if he was following a The gentleman did a ballroom dance, he spun gracefully 180 degrees, his hips slightly pouted and his back turned to his "partner"...

Then his "dance partner" raised his foot and kicked his ass firmly like this.

Lando staggered a few times, and shouted angrily, "Raymond!"

"What are you doing?" The man was very calm, raised his hand and roughly wiped the bloody teeth marks on his neck with his thumb, put it in front of his eyes, and then let out an extremely contemptuous "tsk".

This "tsk" simply "tsk" ignited Lando's small universe.

He sprang up quickly, his hands and feet were horribly nimble. Although his size and strength were not good for men, his quick movements and frequency of quick attacks made him look like he was not at a disadvantage for a while. , until his fist grazed the man's high nose, Raymond was finally annoyed.

When the nape of the neck was pinched by rough hands like a chick, the coolness swished up from the soles of the feet without waiting to be discussed—then Lando found that his feet were off the ground—now he It was really picked up like a little chick——

"What are you pushing me for - don't move your hands and feet - and don't lift me up - ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah what are you doing let me go -"

……

A bulletin came from the deck, and first officer Raymond threw Lord Lando out of his cabin.

Master Lan's thigh-holding mission failed.

In the first round of "Fierce Deck Wars", Raymond's first mate won.

Happiness came so suddenly, I was a little overwhelmed, you don't mind if I don't kneel down to thank you, right?

Lando: "Originally, I wanted to have a long talk with him."

Old Quartermaster: "Hey."

Lando: "Who knew that despicable villain not only appreciated my kindness, but also touched me..."

Old Quartermaster: "Hey."

Lando: "The other party has no sincerity in negotiating, so what does it matter to me?"

Old Quartermaster: "Hey."

Lando: "How can there be such a person in the world—don't sigh!"

The old quartermaster: "Hey? Young master, your tooth marks are still swaying on the neck of First Officer Raymond... Oh, don't stare at me, I didn't let you bite, let me tell you, Would you like to have a good talk with First Officer Raymond? I see that Lord Raymond has been with our fleet for so many years, and he is not such a heartless person... Maybe he is also waiting for you to shake hands with him. and what?"

"He's waiting for a ghost, I'm already cooking for him like an old woman, can't I be sincere?" The black-haired young man stared, "What else do you want from me?"

"...The whole Babylon Sea knows that first mate Raymond hates and hates eating fish the most. Your so-called 'sincerity at home' is to make a table full of fish feast for others. It's hard not to be thrown out by him, isn't it? "The old quartermaster glanced at the angry black-haired young man with resentment, "I think it's good that I didn't throw you into the sea."

"I know how to cook fish." The black-haired young man said blankly.

"First Mate Raymond said," the old quartermaster cleared his voice, lowered his voice and imitated the man's voice, "'I don't raise any creatures that don't have any brilliance and don't know how to cook. Be a pet'."

The black-haired young man's chest heaved violently, and his chest muscles bulged from A-- to B++.

To say that his character has no shining point!

He actually said that he can't learn anything!

So what if the cooking sucks?I'm hypocritical and I still rely on God not giving enough good genes when creating humans, right?

Virtue!

Thinking of this, the black-haired young man slapped the table and jumped up, holding his head high and chest out, and announced in a very manly manner: "People who are cheap have their own money, I quit! If you want the Shitz, take it, I will go find the profit myself." Vitan—oh, by the way, by the way, I wish you capsize once when you go out to sea, turn over again and again when you go out to sea, turn over and over from the Atlantic Ocean all the way back to the Babylonian Sea, until there is not a hair left in the end, don’t cry and beg I don't leave-"

While talking, Lando made gestures to stride away. After waiting for a while, he found that no one had jumped up to grab his sleeve. The black-haired young man looked back, and then found that he was still surrounded by the "how to get" just now. The crew members and sailors who had a heated discussion on the topic of "First Mate Raymond" are now sitting back at the table, playing with their fingers, looking at the ceiling, and the old quartermaster who talks the most is talking with An old cook discusses that the weather is good today, the sky is clear, the sky is clear, and the clouds are thousands of miles away.

Behind him, a black shadow stepped forward, firmly blocking the sunlight from the door.

For a moment, Lando felt as if he knew something.

So he turned around.

Unfortunately, his conjecture was confirmed——gradually, the temporary captain of the fleet, the former first officer, a despicable person who finally succeeded in seeking to usurp the throne, was standing quietly at the moment. Looking at him at the door, the visitor turned his back on the light, the sun seemed to cast a faint light around his tall and strong body, Lando's black pupils shrank slightly, when their gazes met intensely in the air, The latter raised the corners of his lips and showed a smile that Lando saw no different from a smirk.

Raymond: "You're a cheap man, right?"

Lando: "..."

Raymond: "Go to sea and capsize one boat at a time, right?"

Lando: "..."

Raymond: "I'm going to be crying and begging you to stay until there's no hair left, right?"

Lando: "..."

The man approached step by step, and the black-haired young man retreated decisively step by step. When the man lowered his head, the black-haired young man closed his eyes as if death was at home.After waiting for a while, he found that the opponent's fist did not fall on his face as in the normal script. Instead, he could only feel the man's hot breath spraying on his face when he breathed.

After a moment.

The low-pitched sound, like the heavy bass from an orchestral instrument, rang in his ears.

"Without the Sheath, how are you going to find the Leviathan?"

"..."

"Swim?"

For, for the century-old foundation of Barcelona!Lando gritted his molars and shook his head.

For a long time, the black-haired young man never heard any answer from the man with half of his body on top of him—instead, the powerful aura that was so close and oppressive that he almost forgot how to breathe suddenly withdrew, and he opened his mouth carefully. With one eye, he saw the man standing upright looking at him expressionlessly. After a few seconds, he slightly parted his thin lips and said calmly, "Want to be the captain? Yes, I will give you a chance."

Lando: "..."

Raymond: "Ah..."

Lando glanced at the man in front of him warily: "What are you doing?"

"It's nothing," the man raised the corners of his lips, "I thought you would cry bitterly and hold my leg to thank you, but it didn't work out. I have to say - I'm so disappointed."

"Oh, it's nothing," the black-haired young man said blankly in a tone ten thousand times cheaper than a man's, "Happiness came too suddenly, I'm a little at a loss, you don't mind if I don't kneel down to thank you, right? "

"..."

The two parties, who had been given a brief opportunity for peace negotiations, sat down in the crew lounge.

Lando propped his chin with one hand, trying to be patient. During this period, he moved his butt impatiently on the chair last time before he reluctantly listened to the task that Raymond gave him this time -

July is the harvest season for the white grape Riesling in the Balearic Islands.

At this time of year, a large number of caravan ships will come to the Balearic Islands to stop and buy this grape variety that is extremely suitable for making white wine. Merchants use this grape to make wine, and then transport it to other relatively remote areas. , Introduce them into the market as high-end wine packaging, so as to make huge profits.

The Schitz stopped at the Balearic Islands this time, not only because the fleet needed to return to the Vatican for supplies, but also because Raymond accepted a supply request from a Portuguese land merchant—they needed to return to the Vatican. By the way, I brought the scheduled three tons of grapes back to the Seville pier.

Raymond had already negotiated the price with the local vendors before returning to the Sheets in the afternoon, and the two parties agreed on the transaction time at [-] o'clock the next morning.The task he gave Lando in exchange for the condition of "becoming the captain" was also quite simple. On the day of the transaction, Lando only needed to go to the trading place instead of Raymond himself, and watch the people on the deck pack the grapes into boxes. , Just carry it on board.

——This is a task so simple that you only need to have a normal human IQ to complete it easily.

At least that's what Raymond said.

Not only Raymond, but even Lando's first reaction this time was "Why is it so simple?" He opened his mouth and was about to say something, but reason made him subconsciously frowned, closed his mouth, twisted He turned his head and looked at the man who put the signed transaction scroll in front of him with the distrustful eyes of "what the hell are you trying to do?"

However, no matter how vigilant Lando was, he couldn't stand a group of sailors urging him to "come on" behind his back—the old quartermaster who was seriously discussing how beautiful the weather was just now had the loudest voice and the most beautiful words , he said: "Why don't you accept it? How can you not accept it? Hurry up and accept it, young master—what kind of mission is this—First Officer Raymond just kindly wants to find a reason to convince you and hand over the Seaz to you by the way. !"

All the old crew members were as happy as if they were going to welcome tons of gold instead of tons of grapes tomorrow.

This picture is so beautiful.

Lando was so beautiful that he couldn't control his claws, so he grabbed the transaction scroll eagerly and squeezed it in his hand.

It was so beautiful that Lando really ignored how weird the smile on the lips of the devil's first mate was at this moment.